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Lisbon Earthquake (Portugal)
The magnitude of this earthquake was 8.5-9.0. The death toll was an estimated 50,000. The earthquake caused fires and those fires lasted five whole days. The earthquake lasted a full 6 minutes and the tsunami arrived 40 minutes later. -
Krakatoa earthquake (Java/Sumatra)
The magnitude of this earthquake was 6.0. In this earthquake, about 36,417 people died. The eruption was so loud it was heard nearly 2800 miles away. The force of this eruption was at least 13,000 times more powerful than the Hiroshima bomb. -
Aleutian Earthquake (Alaska)
The magnitude of this earthquake was 8.6. In this disaster, about 170 people died. Most of the people that died from this disaster, died from the tsunami rather than the earthquake. The Aleutian Earthquake lasted a whole 4.5 minutes. -
Great Chilean Earthquake (Chile)
This earthquake had a high magnitude of 9.4-9.6. There was a death toll of about 5,000. The Great Chilean earthquake lasted approximately 10 minutes. This earthquake also affected southern Chile, Hawaii, Japan, the Philippines, eastern New Zealand, southeast Australia, and the Aleutian islands. -
Good Friday Earthquake (Alaska)
9.2 was the magnitude of the Good Friday Earthquake in Alaska which killed 131 people. It lasted 4 minutes and 38 seconds. The tallest wave of the tsunami part was 219 feet. The damage that was done cost about $300 million dollars in 1964, which is now $2.3 million dollars. -
Hokkaido Earthquake (Japan
197 people were killed in this earthquake that had a magnitude of 7.8. There were two distinct shocks in this disaster. The first shock lasted 20 seconds, and the second shock lasted 35 seconds. It took 2-7 minutes after the earthquake for the tsunami to hit the shorelines of Okushiri island. -
Papua New Guinea Quake (Papua New Guinea)
1,600 people were killed in this 7.0 magnitude earthquake. 170 aftershocks were recorded after the main disaster. At least 18,000 people were displaced and living in camps with decent water and sanitation. -
Sumatra Earthquake (Indonesia)
The Sumatra earthquake had a magnitude of 9.1. The death toll was about 230,000. It was estimated to have released energy equivalent to 23,000 Hiroshima Bombs. The violent movement of the Earth’s tectonic plates displaced an enormous amount of water, sending powerful shock waves in every direction, which made the earthquake big. -
Samoa Earthquake (Samoan Islands)
192 people were killed in an 8.0 magnitude earthquake/tsunami. The Samoa earthquake was triggered by at least two different earthquakes that occurred within 3 minutes of each other. A tsunami warning was issued by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center but did not reach the affected region in time for people to evacuate. -
Chile Earthquake (Chile)
The magnitude of this earthquake was 8.8. About 525 people died in this disaster. The stretch of the fault was 300-375 miles. The Chile earthquake was followed by hundreds of aftershocks. All of which had magnitudes of 5.0 or higher. -
Tohoku Earthquake (Japan)
About 15,894 died in the 9.0 earthquake in Japan. This was the most powerful earthquake recorded in Japan since 1900. Material damage from both the earthquake and the tsunami is estimated at about $300 billion. -
Sulawesi Earthquake (Indonesia)
The death toll of this disaster was about 2,000. The magnitude was 7.5 of this earthquake. About 68,000 houses were damaged, and hundreds of thousands of people are still without homes. The aftershocks were in the first 24 hours after the main earthquake. They all had a magnitude of 5 or above.
